How to deal with doubletails (earwigs) in a greenhouse

Earwig - one of the most recognized by gardeners and gardeners of harmful insects. Living in a greenhouse or in a greenhouse in large numbers, these two-tailed creatures cause a lot of problems for gardeners. They destroy not only young seedlings, but also damage the fruits of peppers, tomatoes, eggplant or cucumbers. If you do not take timely measures, then the expected harvest can not wait. Therefore, it will not be amiss to know how to get rid of earwigs in a greenhouse.

Description

The main feature of the earwigs is a fork-shaped tail, or rather two claw-shaped appendages located at the end of the abdomen. It is because of it that the pest is popularly called the double-tail, although this statement is erroneous. Two-tail –– an insect of much smaller size, which is a representative of the order of the maxillofacial hexapods. Earwigs are included in the order of the beetles. They harm not only seedlings, but also harm fruit trees, shrubs and even flowers.

An earwig, or as it is also called a pinch, is an insect whose red-brown body is divided into segments and reaches a length of up to 2-3 cm.In spite of the fact that most subspecies have wings, garden pests rarely use them. With the fork-like appendages, the insect not only keeps prey, but also defends itself. By claws, one can also distinguish between males and females: in females they are almost straight, in males they are curved towards the middle.

On a note!

During the day, both earwigs and their two-tailed congeners prefer to hide under clods of earth or foliage, going out in search of food only at night. Young seedlings, vegetables and even flowers growing in the greenhouse are used. Therefore, everyone who wants to save their summer cottagers wonders how to remove earwigs from the greenhouse. There are different ways and insecticidal drugs that help. fight earwigs in a garden and in a private house.

Preventive actions

At the sight of a double-tail, many gardeners are lost, not knowing what to do in this case. The control of earwigs will be effective if you take into account the peculiarities of the life of the pests and use the following tips.

1. Ventilation. Knowing that the tweezers are moisture-loving creatures, you need to regularly ventilate the greenhouse.
2. Ground moisture control. It is better to water seedlings in the greenhouse less often, but more abundantly. It is preferable to do this in the morning.
3. Weeding. It is not difficult to get rid of double-tails in greenhouse conditions if the beds are loosened periodically.
4. The question of how to deal with earwigs in the greenhouse does not arise if timely get rid of accumulations of torn weed.
5. The process of getting rid of double-tailed pests will be more effective, and the seedlings will be stronger if you do not thicken the planting.

Methods of struggle

Remove earwigs from the greenhouse in the following ways:

• Traps. They can be richly dampened rags. Two-tails love dampness and darkness, so they will take advantage of such shelter with pleasure. Detected pests are poured with boiling water.
• Folk remedies. The use of plant repellents gives a good result against greenhouse pests. Yarrow decoctions, wormwood, basil or tansy have repelling properties.To prevent the solution from draining quickly over the plant, grated laundry soap is added to it.
• The tweezers can also be collected manually, subsequently spraying the plants with garlic or onion solution.
• Biological products. No less effective effect in the fight against earwig or double-tail is given by spraying with lepidocide and bitoxibacillin.
• Toxic chemicals. With a large accumulation of earwigs, insecticides such as Fufanon, Spark or Intavir are used.